Bright Lights of the Ahmadiyya Movement

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41 Leone, Liberia, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Mauritius, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa and other locations in Africa. In Europe the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is located in London, Switzerland, Holland, Spain, Germany, and recently in Sweden and Denmark. In the Americas, the Community has locations in the United States, Canada, Guyana, and Trinidad. In Asia, it has locations in Aden, Ceylon, Burma, Singapore, Indonesia, and North Borneo and Fiji Islands. Khalifatul Masih II had foreseen the need to raise funds for all of these building activities, so in 1934 he started the Tahrik-e-Jadeed plan. This plan takes pledges in money from Ahmadi Muslims around the world to finance the world-wide mission building program. Furthermore, he had the Holy Quran translated into English, Dutch, Danish, Esperanto, Swahili, German and Lugandi. Khalifatul Masih II was a genius at organizing the moral and spiritual train- ing of each Ahmadi Muslim. He organized: Majlis Ansarullah (Association of the Helpers of God) for all male Ahmadi Muslims over the age of forty years. Majilis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya (Association of the Servants of Ahmadiyyat) for all male Ahmadi Muslims between ages 15 and 40. Atfalul Ahmadiyya (Children of Ahmadiyyat) for male children between ages 7 and 15 years. Lajna Imaillah (Association of the Handmaidens of God) for all female Ahmadi Muslims above age 15. Nasiratul Ahmadiyya {Female Helpers of God) for all female children between ages 7 and 15. The main purpose of these organizatio ns is to train the communi ty in moral